Relocating to Lake Raymond Gary? Or Fort Towson, Oklahoma? Have School Aged Children? School Information Just For You!
Fort Towson Public School is located at 205 N W Third Street, Fort Towson, OK 74735. The elementary section of the school starts at Pre-K through 8th grade.
According to the National Center For Education Statistics, there are 267 students enrolled in those grades with approx 19 teachers and a 14.2 Student to Teacher Ratio. The High School Grades of 9 - 12 have 127 students with 11 teachers and a student to teacher ratio of 11.4.
Fort Towson is a "Title 1" School which means that it receives funds through a federal grant program. The Title 1 funds are to help insure that all children can obtain a high quality education. The program provides additional instruction in reading and mathematics to students who's score on a standardized achievement test in reading comprehension and mathematics problem solving places them in the 49th percentile . School wide programs are allowed to provide support service to all students. The National Center for Education indicates that Fort Towson is a School Wide Title 1, so all students attending there are benefited by the Title 1 Program.
The Academic Performance Index (API) scores for the Fort Towson Public Schools K-12 were 1200 in 2006 and 1137 in 2007. The Elementary School's score was 1275 in 06 and 1216 in 07 with the High School scoring 1097 in 06 and 1020 in 07. This scoring system was created to measure the performance and progress of a school in different areas. The possible scores range from 0 to 1,500, with 1,000 being the average score of schools and districts in the 2001 - 2002 school year, used as the control year. This information came from the Oklahoma State Department of Education.
Oklahoma State Regents For Higher Education reports ACT scores for the students at Fort Towson for the year 2005 as the following:
English 15.3
Math 16.0
Reading 18.6
Science 17.4
More information is available on the 2006 School Report Card from the State of Oklahoma. It is available here.
The Fort Towson School Sports and athletic program revolves around it's outstanding basketball and baseball programs. The 4-H and Vo-Ag Department work together and are very active.
Fort Towson School System works very hard to meet the needs of it's students.
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